Collaborative Research: Development of Adaptable Web Modules to Stimulate Active Learning in Hydrology using Data and Model Simulations

这个合作项目正在创建基于案例的网络教育水文学模块，这些模块封装了现实世界的水文系统。该项目扩展了I型CCLI试点研究的结果，并利用三个大型自然水文系统（路易斯安那州沿海、佛罗里达大沼泽地和犹他州大盐湖盆地）为学习经验奠定了基础。智力优势：该项目利用了最近在复杂自然系统监测和建模方面的研究进展，并将它们综合起来，开发出一套灵活、适应性强的基于网络的模块。所选的自然系统，每个都呈现出一些独特的概念和物理环境，通过关注基本水文过程的动力学及其与气候驱动因素、生态系统响应和水资源运行约束的联系，有助于重新定义水文学教学。一套广泛的交互式学习模块正在系统中构建，并由教学界面、教员指南和一套实施和调整程序提供支持。项目采用以改进为中心的评估模型，采用迭代设计过程，包括设计、实现、评估和重新设计的多次迭代。更广泛的影响：为了促进广泛传播和适应性，该系统正在使用开源地理空间网络技术和基于社区的数据发布和分析工具来实施。该系统的架构支持由水文教育界的其他成员开发的未来水文应用程序的添加。参与的机构包括一所主要是非裔美国人的机构、一所女子学院、一所主要是西班牙裔的机构和一所少数族裔高中。通过基于设计的研究方法，该项目正在确定和实施成功的战略，以便在不同的环境中扩展和适应创新。

This collaborative project is creating case-based, web-enabled educational hydrology modules that encapsulate real-world hydrologic systems. This project expands on the results of a Type I CCLI pilot study and grounds the learning experiences using three large-scale natural hydrologic systems (Coastal Louisiana, the Florida Everglades, and the Great Salt Lake Basin in Utah).Intellectual Merit: The project leverages recent research advances on monitoring and modeling of complex natural systems and synthesizes them to develop a suite of flexible, adaptable web-based modules. The selected natural systems, each presenting some unique concepts and physical settings, contribute to redefining the teaching of hydrology by focusing on the dynamics of fundamental hydrologic processes and their connections to climate drivers, ecosystems' response, and water resources operational constraints. An extensive set of interactive learning modules is being built into the system and is supported by an instructional interface, an instructor's guide, and a set of implementation and adaptation procedures. The project adopts an improvement-focused evaluation model with an iterative design process which includes multiple iterations of design, implementation, evaluation, and redesign. Broader Impacts: To facilitate wide dissemination and adaptability, the system is being implemented using open source geospatial web technologies and community-based tools for data publication and analysis. The architecture of the system supports the addition of future hydrologic applications developed by other members of the hydrologic educational community. The participating institutions include a primarily African American institution, a college for women, a primarily Hispanic institution, and a minority high school. Through a design-based research approach, the project is identifying and implementing successful strategies so that the innovations can be scaled and adapted in diverse settings.